Table 2 Prevalence rates of DSM-IV BPD criteria according to the SCID-II

1

Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment

2

A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships

3

Identity disturbance

4

Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging

5

Recurrent suicidal or self-mutilating behavior

6

Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood

7

Chronic feelings of emptiness

8

Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling ager

9

Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms